The days and years fly by and we cannot let them pass without saying thank you to one of our stalwarts, Dr. Merl (Doc) Jacobsen.  For his decades of service in his vocation as well as in Rotary he has received the Service Above Self Lifetime Honorary Membership in the Rotary Club of Littleton.

 

Newer members will not have known Doc when he was club President, 1982-83, or when he led the significant Project C.U.R.E Capital Campaign to purchase their world headquarters and warehouse.

On the second Monday of each month, Littleton Rotary members volunteer at Project C.U.R.E. headquarters sorting donated new and surplus medical items. Those items are then boxed, palletised, and readied for shipment to clinics and hospitals in some of the world’s most critical areas. Teams of highly trained Project C.U.R.E. specialists travel to areas of need and do on-site evaluations. Once the evaluation of needs are completed, Project C.U.R.E. works to prepare the shipment and secures funding for transport.

Littleton Rotary spearheaded the fundraising effort that ultimately lead to the purchase of Project C.U.R.E’s. world headquarters located in Centennial, CO.